[Opensource] Suggestion for documentation addition installapp.html and mysqlprops.html

[Sandra Cann]

Marc,

Is this what you had in mind? Let me know if there are any edits I've
overlooked.

Sandra

> -----Original Message-----
> From: opensource-admin at jcorporate.com 
> [mailto:opensource-admin at jcorporate.com] On Behalf Of Marc 
> Schipperheyn at Home
> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 5:38 PM
> To: opensource at jcorporate.com
> Subject: [Opensource] Suggestion for documentation addition 
> installapp.html and mysqlprops.html
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> After being on a holiday and not working with Expresso for a 
> while, I figured it was time to install the new versions and 
> start from scratch with an app I'm working. Thing is, I 
> couldn't log in to the different database context I created. 
> The reason was that I had set hassetuptables to 'n'. I had 
> done this because it was empty to start with and I didn't 
> really know what I was doing. So I would suggest this 
> addition to installapp.html.
> 
> Installation procedure
> Install the files
> blabla
> 
> If you have a database for your application
> If you have a seperate database for your application. You 
> need to set it up in the expresso-config.xml file. Refer to 
> the database specific Installation Notes for more information.
> 
> Register the Application's Schema
> Next you must "register" the application's Schema object with 
> Expresso. This allows Expresso to manage and set up the 
> application for you, as the Schema object lists all of the 
> other components contained in the application. Usually, you 
> will want to register your Schema in your own database, as 
> opposed to the default Expresso database (Hypersonic). In 
> order to do this you must (in the following order):
> * Set up your database in the expresso-config.xml file.
> * Create the Expresso tables in your database
>     + Open the Expresso Administrator.
>     + Go to Setup and click on Create/Verify Database 
> Structure & Perform Initial Setup.
>     + Select your newly created context/database in the dropdown box.
>     + Click Run.
> * Make sure that the value for hasSetupTables in the 
> expresso-config.xml file for your database is set to 'y'.
>     + If it was set to 'n', you'll have to restart Expresso 
> before continuing.
> * Click Login and select your your application from the dropdown box.
> 
> Next you must "register" the application's Schema object with 
> Expresso. This allows Expresso to manage and set up the 
> application for you, as the Schema object lists all of the 
> other components contained in the application. blabla.
> 
> I've added my mySQL configuration. The current one in the 
> documentation misses some required keys (including hasSetupTables).
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
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